OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS 



one that is made an attractive feature of the garden 

 a pool that can be constructed at little cost, and 

 with a certainty of proving durable for practical use 

 and constant enjoyment; a pool so carefully con- 

 structed in regard to depth and finish that it will ac- 

 commodate the baby of the home taking his first les- 

 sons in the natural art of swimming, and the father 

 of the household, who will want a deep space for 

 diving and practising various water sports. 



The swimming pool will require very different 

 construction and treatment from the lake. The 

 latter is intended mainly for garden decora- 

 tion, for the enjoyment of water features in aquatic 

 gardening, and for rest, meditation and hospitality 

 in the ornamental accessories of shelters and pavil- 

 ions along its banks and in mid-stream; it seldom 

 requires to be more than two and a half feet in depth 

 a depth that will accommodate the owner or gar- 

 dener, in hip boots, wading among the plants and 

 attending to its various requirements throughout 

 its entire extent. 



The swimming pool, on the other hand, should 

 have a varying depth, according to the family it is 

 to accommodate. For the long, rectangular pool it 

 need not be more than three or four feet at the end 

 where the children will bathe and learn to swim ; while 

 at the deepest portion at the opposite end, seven or 



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